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I'm happy to share with my readers a FREE 30-minute Teleclass on tuning out your inner critic! The class will take place December 16th at 1pm EST (10am PST). Register here. During the sessions you can tweet questions and comments to @dr_plumez or @MassWomen. Spread...

Adapted The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. When I got my Ph.D. in psychology at Columbia, I was trained in psychotherapy, marriage counseling and career counseling. While in graduate...

Adapted from Chapter 16, Ding dong the Bitch is Dead: And How to Keep Her That Way, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. If you’ve been reading the “Three Way” series of emails, or...

Adapted from Chapter 15, Old Bitch: Spoiling the Golden Years, from The Bitch in Your Head: H to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Sooner or later after forty, The Bitch will tell you, “You’re old and over the...

Adapted from Chapter 17, Sick Bitch: Some of It's In Your Head, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. When you get a bad diagnosis, it’s natural to feel fearful, depressed and angry....

(Adapted from Chapter 11, The Party Bitch: Never Invite Her, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.) Last week I posted ways to overcome The Bitch when “she” tries to make you too...

Adapted from Chapter 11, The Party Bitch: Never Invite Her, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Fear of public speaking and fear of dying have always been the most common phobias....

Adapted rom Chapter 9, The Blame Bitch: Mistakes, Failure and Inequity, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Humans are imperfect and make mistakes. The world is not fair, so bad...

Adapted rom Chapter 7, The Bitch at Work: How Not to Get Promoted, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Why do women make less money than men? There are many societal reasons,...

Adapted rom Chapter 6, The Parenting Bitch: Give Her a Time Out, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. I’m a psychologist, career counselor, writer, public speaker and parent. And...

Since releasing the book, The Bitch In Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, we've heard from numerous women about how the concept has helped them identify and stop their self-critical voice. Notes From Our Readers The old bitch in my head often...

Friends don't let friends live with a Bitch in their heads! Read the book with a friend, then work through these questions together. It's easier to ditch the Bitch when you have support of your friends! What do you think of labeling self-criticism, The Bitch? Can you...

Blowing your golf or tennis game? Adapted from Chapter 8 Sporty Bitch: What Makes Athletes Lose Sports psychologists have completely reversed training techniques. In the old days, coaches used to tape players so they could show them what they did wrong. Makes sense,...

By Dr. Jacqueline Plumez Adapted from Chapter 4, Bitch of a Date: The Bitch Makes Three a Crowd, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, by Jacqueline Plumez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015 The Bitch Most women (and many men) live with a...

By Dr. Jacqueline Plumez Adapted from Chapter 3 Beauty and The Bitch: Inner Ugliness, from The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. The Bitch Most women (and many men) live with a litany of self-critical...